Neither, crystal?
It's not metal, looks more like glass, Really, really reflective. Please try to help with identification, thanks.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Anybody familiar with chinese fixture makers or chinese Tiffany...
Yes it does, but is ground off but it still leaves signs of it. Supposedly the handles are applied on the seams, well the Shang dynasty...
They were cast using ceramic piece molds, built around a clay model. The molds were imprinted with designs from the model, then the model was cut...
No, no provenance. Wasn't presented as such except that it was in a collection of oriental vases. Here are the pictures of the handles.[ATTACH]...
Sorry, it is porcelain, i should have pointed it out. As to pictures of the interior of the original one I have, closeups of the handle ill do in...
Found the similarities researching a kendi jug which i believe is also from then.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Very interesting, I guess thats the reason I had it on the backburner, too complicated. Regardless, I do believe it is that old. Too bad it costs...
No, they didn't start doing marks till the Ming dynasty, none before that. As to the edges, they're not sharp but, at the same time, they're not...
Yeah, sorry.
I was perusing the AMICA library, good site, and came upon some bronze censers and vases, stuff like that, from the Shang Dynasty and I started...
Cool, thanks all around.
Ice cube and magnet to test silver, how does that work?
Can you post pictures, love to see them.
Wondering if somebody is familiar enough with oriental porcelain to give me some good pointers on this dish/basin. Really eye catching, the use of...
Trying to find out what is written on this Vietnamese eggshell painting, measures 15-1/2"W x 23"H and is in real good condition. Have seen them...
ebay # 263545974397 just put it in as auction.
More than likely, found something with a similar imagery from a foundry out of Ohio, Harrison Foundry, it is on ebay item #362109080698.
Yes it's plexiglass backed, scratched a corner of it. I clicked on full images but it only did the first two, don't know why. Don't know about it...
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